Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This match had all the ingredients which still make the British game the most exciting to watch in the world — speed , commitment and flair . |
| 2 | Clearly , it is most unpleasant to sit on the beach surrounded by dog excrement , and of course , above the high tide mark , it will remain here without being washed away by the sea . |
| 3 | If a given investment project within the domain of operation of capitalist enterprises were considered desirable as part of an investment plan ( to satisfy a definite ‘ social need ’ , to gain export revenue , to develop a ‘ growth industry ’ , to preserve employment ) and yet the capitalist enterprises concerned were unwilling to invest then the investment planning authorities would have two broad options : either nationalise the enterprises and force them to invest on criteria other than those of profitability , or ‘ distort ’ the market to render the project sufficiently profitable to appeal to the enterprises . |
| 4 | Trespass was obviously unsuitable to deal with the case where the owner had voluntarily put his goods into another 's possession and the other refused to re-deliver them , but this situation was covered by the remedy of detinue . |
| 5 | Carolyn found it suddenly possible to talk about the future , which she had not dared to do before . |
| 6 | It is exceedingly inconvenient to live on a hill top , especially before modern methods of water supply were devised . |
| 7 | The car was not so exciting to drive as the Mascot , but he had to admit that it was less demanding . |
| 8 | We might speculate that those with dementia would be less willing to participate in a research project than the mentally fit . |
| 9 | In some of these cases the defendant appeared mentally normal when examined by the doctor , but the doctor was none the less willing to infer from the circumstances that there had been abnormality of mind at the time of the killing , and to write a report which brought this within section 2 . |
| 10 | He said he said erm he thought people might be less willing to speak at the meeting if they knew it was being recorded , which seems entirely reasonable . |
| 11 | While the courts are chary of ‘ trespassing upon the province of Parliament ’ , because of the doctrine of the supremacy of Parliament , it appears that Parliament is not so willing to accord to the courts a rightful province upon which Parliament should not trespass . |
| 12 | Although anti-abortionists would maintain that it is morally wrong to dispose of a child even if it will live no longer than a week at the most , many more people doubt the right of a mother to dispose of a child with Down 's Syndrome who stands a very good chance of living a lengthy life . |
| 13 | If the new husband 's financial status is not acceptable to the mortgagee , so that the mortgagee is only prepared to agree to a conveyance of the property to the wife and new husband if the husband remains liable under the original mortgage , then it would seem reasonable for the husband to comply only with the terms of the court order or matrimonial agreement ( to which of course the new husband is not a party ) and not to convey/transfer to the wife and the new husband . |
| 14 | This is seen as part of its policy to make citizens more self-reliant , and less prone to look to the state for financial and practical support when they are out of work , chronically sick , elderly and infirm and so on . |
| 15 | It must be so easy to fall into the habit of saying the right thing , what was expected . |
| 16 | Perhaps ‘ Thank you ’ and ‘ Sorry ’ , so easy to say to a stranger , are two of the most difficult words to say to our nearest and dearest . |
| 17 | I have found much more concern with status in industry than I expected — it 's just not so easy to identify for a newcomer . |
| 18 | The Prison Officers Association said it was astounding that it was so easy to escape from a building which was supposed to be secure . |
| 19 | I should think it was about ten , fifteen years later , and it was so easy to get into the country . |
| 20 | It would n't be so easy to melt into the background . |
| 21 | But is it so easy to conceive of a pain which is not hurting you ? |
| 22 | For it was thought that the generalist could , whenever he wanted to , add a specialist dimension to his knowledge , but general concepts were less easy to derive from the specialist . |
| 23 | I was always much relieved to return to the light and warmth of the office . |
| 24 | As Westernizing tribes like the Kikuyu became more and more politically active , it was only natural to look to the Masai , who showed no interest in either taxation or representation , as a potential ‘ counterpoise to the agitator class ’ . |
| 25 | I propose , as I believe Judge Diamond intended , to consider the preliminary issue on the premise that the effect of the relevant allegations in the statement of claim is as follows : ( 1 ) The health authority 's treatment of the delivery of the plaintiff and the confinement of his mother lacked proper skill and care in respects which were foreseeably likely to result in the plaintiff being born with disabilities . |
| 26 | In Britain , Europe , and the eastern United States it is perhaps customary to think of the decades from the 1830s to the 1880s as the great era of railway-building . |
| 27 | You can , however , simply cast off when using this band for a V-neck , as V-necks are sufficiently large to go over the head easily . |
| 28 | The words in square brackets have now been repealed by the Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1982 , removing the anomaly which prevented local authorities from taking legal action under this section , in respect of odours affecting employees and others who were not inhabitants of the neighbourhood , despite being of the opinion that the odour was sufficiently obnoxious to amount to a nuisance . |
| 29 | they 're so hard to put in the bin are n't they ? and then forget about them . |
| 30 | I became even more thankful that I 'd had a normal birth as it would have been so hard to cope after a repeat section . |